The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Santa Fe Springs, CA
Santa Fe Springs is a city of 18,900 in Los Angeles County, about 12 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Santa Fe Springs, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Santa Fe Springs has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B+ against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Santa Fe Springs run from B to D-, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 602 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Santa Fe Springs as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Santa Fe Springs scores 602.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Santa Fe Springs, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Santa Fe Springs, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Santa Fe Springs
Burglaries and robberies both run high. In Santa Fe Springs, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 14.2 burglaries and 3.7 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 0.62 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Santa Fe Springs, 42% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Santa Fe Springs
Low crime is the norm across Santa Fe Springs: 51% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Santa Fe Springs run from B to D-; every part of Santa Fe Springs has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
51%45%
A or B 51%C 45%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Santa Fe Springs, the south side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Santa Fe Springs?
Reported crime in Santa Fe Springs has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 66% and property crime up 15%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.0 to 10 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 59 to 68 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 36%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Santa Fe SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Santa Fe Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Santa Fe Springs
Violent, US
Property, Santa Fe Springs
Property, US
2016
+5%
+4%
+12%
+15%
2017
-0%
+4%
-0%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-20%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+6%
+6%
+10%
-10%
2022
+8%
+5%
+20%
-6%
2023
+22%
+2%
+10%
-7%
2024
+66%
-4%
+15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Santa Fe Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Santa Fe Springs has about 94 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for California.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 35% of crime reported in Santa Fe Springs. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Santa Fe Springs
Santa Fe Springs has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Santa Fe Springs, 6% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (82%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Santa Fe Springs compares with nearby cities
Santa Fe Springs has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Santa Fe Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Santa Fe Springs has more crime than 68% of them.
Two things set Santa Fe Springs apart: it has 310 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 36.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.310 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.36.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.79% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Santa Fe Springs
Crime costs Santa Fe Springs about $3,556 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $58 million a year, or $3,073 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.1 million
$163
Rape
$620,000
$33
Robbery
$2.2 million
$114
Assault
$4.0 million
$211
Burglary
$2.4 million
$128
Theft
$3.2 million
$170
Vehicle theft
$3.8 million
$200
Arson
$230,000
$12
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$107
Total
$22 million
$1,138
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Santa Fe Springs means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Santa Fe Springs, CA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 44% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Santa Fe Springs on SchoolGrade
